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We are going to bring the panel out.

First up, we have executive producer and showrunner, Jason Rothenberg.

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Next is Tasya Teles who plays Echo.

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We have Richard Harmon who plays Murphy.

Let's give him a hand.

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[MC] Next up, Eliza Taylor who plays Clarke.

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[MC] Next is Marie Avgeropoulos who plays Octavia.

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[MC] And a newcomer, Shannon Kook who plays Jordan, who is adorable.

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[MC] We also have JR Bourne who plays Russell.

-[man exclaims] -[audience applauding]

[MC] And finally, Sachin Sahel who plays Jackson.

[audience applauding, whistling]

So, Jason, | feel like the thing that | love about this show is that

it reinvents itself every year, but this is kind of on a whole new level.

Do you feel like this is kind of resetting the show?

Yeah, | mean we call it "Book 2" for a reason.

It was really... Probably the hardest season for me, personally, to make.

We had to essentially repilot it in the time that you would normally

have to start another season up.

So, if you think about it, you usually have, like...

You sell a pilot in August.

You don't shoot it until March.

We had, you know, like, weeks to do this.

So, it is starting over, turning the page, you know,

with the people that we know and love.

[MC] But it must be a fun new playground to create an entirely new planet.

Yeah, | mean, you know, uh... It is.

It's world-building. There are a million things to be revealed,

and we don't even see JR in this show. JR is amazing this season.

-Um... -[Taylor] Yeah.

-Yeah. | have to say... -[all clapping]

It's a little bit of a shame that he wasn't in the first episode.

But we, you know, we are dipping our toe into the new world slowly.

[MC] Mmm-hmm. We've seen him in the trailer and he is a snazzy dresser.

-I'm gonna Say. -[Bourne] Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Yes, he is.

-The man's a snack. -Not just in the trailer.

-Oh, in real life, too, obviously. -[laughs]

Yeah, that castle just holds my wardrobe, that's it.

[chuckles]

How has it been, sort of, coming into this show, Season 6?

Uh, it's been amazing. |, l...

It's gonna sound like I'm saying that everybody was so welcoming

because that's the polite thing to say.

Richard was an ass to me from the very beginning.

-[MC chuckles] -[Rothenberg] Hi, JR.

Uh... No, they... It was...

Literally, from day one, just open arms and incredibly welcoming and loving

and I'm really, really lucky, yeah.

-[MC] Amazing. -Yeah.

Well, Eliza, we saw in this episode that Clarke has burnt some bridges?

-[Taylor] Yeah. [chuckles] -Last season?

Is that gonna be sort of her arc this year, trying to rebuild trust

and get back to the good place with all the people who are very angry with her?

Yeah, um, it's so funny watching the first episode again

and being like, "They were pissed."

[chuckles] Uh...

But, yeah, there's definitely a lot of rebuilding to do. Um...

Trust must be given... [chuckling] back to me at some point,

and hopefully we achieve that.

[MC] It looks like at least Bellamy's on her side a little bit.

Yeah, that is nice. [chuckles]

Um, Marie, also Octavia burned more than bridges.

-She burns like an entire farm-- -She burns the house down.

[all chuckle]

So, is she, | mean...

At least in that episode, it didn't look like redemption was something

she was too preoccupied with,

but is that something that she's even thinking about this year?

| mean...

She knows redemption needs to happen

in order to heal her heart and a lot of relationships,

but is that something she's willing to do?

Uh, | guess the fans will have to find out.

And...

Uh, Octavia did a lot of things in the bunker that were needed for survival,

but she did have a lot of counterparts that assisted her in doing so.

So, she's not totally to blame.

So | don't think she is really ready to let sleeping dogs lie at this point.

[Rothenberg] Well, also, she needs to...

| mean, the first step in forgiveness is sort of acknowledging your mistakes,

and Octavia, as we start the season, hasn't done that yet.

As we Saw in the scene with Kane, which... My God!

-That's such a great scene. -Terrific scene.

Both of you guys are so great in that scene.

- Thanks. -And, you know...

So, step one will be sort of acknowledging what she did

before we can get to redemption. Redemption is a long, long process

-for her. -It does take a minute.

-Yeah. -[chuckles]

Well, | personally want to see the Blake siblings get back to a good place,

-because... -[audience cheer]

... you just love them, even though they seem to hate each other right now.

[chuckles] Is that...

Is Bellamy... | mean, he seems to have forgiven Clarke a little bit.

Is he still angry with Octavia?

Yes, absolutely, Octavia threw Bellamy in the fighting pits. Um...

You know, with an audience cheering them on, so it's...

[Rothenberg] He did try to kill you.

Redemption will be a long way from that, right, Jason?

Yeah, he did try to kill you, sort of, or poison you first, So...

Right, so we've kind of been doing it to each other.

It's like, uh, brother-sister rivalry...

On a next level.

-...to the max. -Yeah. [chuckles] Like, yeah.

Yeah.

[MC] Well, Shannon, | wanted to talk about Jordan,

‘cause he is this adorable ball of sunshine.

[audience cheering]

We're all in love, obviously.

Um, how long can he hold on to that, like, joyous, happiness in him?

[Kook and Bourne laugh]

This show tends to kill the joy.

That's just how he is. No, for real.

-Yeah. -Um...

Yeah, well, how long can... | guess... It's, uh...

It's interesting coming in to the ensemble,

because | think Jordan almost resembles

a, a part of the humanity that they have still inside them.

And coming to a new planet or a new moon...

You know, they...

The heroes are coming to this new, new land,

but there is a lot of baggage that they carry with them,

and, you know, he's, sort of,

trying to honor what his parents have left behind

and the message to, to be good guys.

But, you know, that's up for interpretation.

What is your interpretation of that?

Um... And he obviously has a lot to prove to himself

aS a, aS a young man, and to his peers that he looks up to so much.

But he also has to find his own voice, because it's a...

Obviously, he is naive and young, and...

But he is obviously preparing to join the ranks of his heroes.

And...

You know, there will be points where you'll wonder if he's the fool or the...

It's like Shakespeare, is he the fool or is he wise?

[MC] Hmm. And Murphy is his favorite, right?

Murphy is his favorite.

[all chuckling]

[Harmon] Join the club.

fall laugh]

Uh, the theme for this year seems to be “face your demons."

Murphy, obviously, has quite a few of those.

-[Rothenberg laughs] -Yeah, they hang out from time to time.

He's just done a few things here and there.

-Once or twice. -Regrettable.

Um, what is that journey going to be like for him?

That's an interesting question. | think...

Without giving too much away... Jason? Um...

-Hop in. -Yeah, | mean...

| think that's a constant fight for him

even before the "face your demons" thing. That's been his life.

Since coming to the ground and probably before coming to the ground.

Uh... So, | think you'll probably see a lot more of the same.

That's just a constant battle for him.

And there's a lot... | can't...

There is so much... There is so much | want to say, but | can't.

[laughs]

Murphy's story is one of my favorite this season.

This is my favorite Murphy season. I'll say that.

-[audience applauds] -This is my favorite Murphy season.

-And not because of the musical numbers. -It's the Murphy show.

-Yeah, that was a ton of fun. -[Harmon and MC chuckle]

Thank you for that, Jay.

And Echo is also one of my favorite characters.

-[Teles laughs] -Um, and...

| heard we might be getting a little bit of backstory on her this year.

[Teles] Yes. We will.

We'll finally get to see a little bit of her backstory. Yeah.

Yeah.

[MC] I'm very curious about her history with Azgeda,

because she was this assassin, but she seemed to have turned over a new leaf.

What does this new planet represent for her as sort of a new, fresh start?

[Teles] What does it represent?

Um, | guess it represents

finding a new beginning,

starting a new life.

You know, | think it's interesting for her to be in a place now

where she is off of the spaceship,

and she's back on land,

but with a whole new group of people,

with, you know, everybody waking up out of cryo and stuff.

But this new land isn't Earth.

So where she might have been an amazing fighter,

and an amazing, you know,

-Azgeda ninja on Earth, this new... -[chuckles]

-[laughs] What? You think that's funny? -I like that. | like that.

Yeah. [laughs] Um...

This new planet, it's challenging her in different ways,

so she can't quite get on top of it.

SO, it's... Yeah, challenging for her.

And, Jason, this planet seems like it might

be even more dangerous than Earth, which | never thought was possible.

[chuckles]

Yeah. | mean, there is a lot of environmental dangers.

| mean, we've seen the suns eclipse, and...

It drives people crazy.

It was... I'm not sure how much | should talk about it,

‘cause it... Not that much has been revealed obviously yet.

But, this... Whenever the suns come in alignment,

the plants give off a toxin that drives everything on the planet insane.

Homicidal. That's what you see happening there.

Humans were never supposed to come to this planet.

They would've probably never evolved.

The lower life forms are really as far as evolution would allow,

because of this vicious cycle on the planet.

And then we know Eligius III arrives 200-some years ago

and this is what they've been trying

to figure out how to deal with since then.

And our heroes come in blind and we see what happens.

Would you say the planet is the big bad this year?

Or is there another big bad on the way?

It's... Yeah, there is a lot of big bads.

-| mean, you Know, who... -[chuckles]

who's good and who's bad is always relative in The 100.

And it's... That is the case this year, too.

And clearly planets are not CONSCIOUS, SO...

At least this one isn't.

Um... [chuckles]

But it is definitely a challenge for them to figure out how to survive.

There's a lot of things they're going to come to realize

quickly or die.

[chuckles]

For all the bad stuff that does seem to be happening on this planet,

it... and for the most part,

it seems like there is a happy little community that settled here.

Is there an opportunity for happiness, and dancing, and...

you know.

[Taylor] | think we saw some dancing in the trailer.

-[chuckles] -There's always the opportunity.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

-JR? -[Taylor and Bourne chuckle]

-It's your planet. -Yeah.

I'm listening very carefully to what everybody is saying.

[both chuckle]

-There is dancing. -Yeah.

There is definitely joy. My God, yes.

There's merriment.

Yes, I'm smiling in the trailer.

-Drinking, and-- -Dancing. Yes.

-[Sahel] So well dressed. -What's behind the smile?

Well dressed.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

It's gonna be one hell of a ride.

| think we all agree on that. It's gonna be crazy.

-Yeah. -Crazy fun.

-Yeah. -| don't Know if "fun" is the word.

-It's fun. -Yeah.

-It is fun. -Okay, yeah, it'll be super fun.

People might say some other F words, and...

For the most part, it's gonna be fun. Yeah.

| saw a lot of kissing in the trailer, | am not gonna lie.

| think it's the most kissing I've seen in a trailer for The 700 ever.

-Was there? -Yeah.

We always like to have a little bit of a

happy section in our trailers before it goes...

-Yeah. -...twisted and dark.

‘Cause then it's just 13 episodes of darkness, and... [laughs]

Yeah.

| wanna talk about Clarke and Madi for a second, though,

because she did a lot of questionable stuff

-in the name of Madi's safety last year. -Yes.

Obviously that will probably continue to be a theme,

protecting her daughter, this year.

What role does Clarke play as a mother on this new planet?

That's a good question, | mean, it's, uh...

It's safe to say that | think she takes a bit of a step back from,

| mean, being separated from her for the first little bit, as you saw.

And there is a little bit of letting Madi go.

And not being so overprotective to the point of coddling her.

-| can say that, right? [chuckles] -Yeah. That was your arc last year,

up until the finale where you finally sort of let her go and lead one crew.

So, we pick up in the same place.

You've definitely separated from her. | mean, you've left her frozen,

-so she's fairly... -Yeah, where she's safe.

... safe at the moment. Yeah.

[Taylor snort chuckles]

This might be a Jason question,

but she embraced her role as Commander last year.

How in the world can that factor

into this new society slash living situation?

"How in the world"? It does factor in.

It plays actually a fairly important role, the Commander.

But I'll leave it there.

Yeah. There's a Dark Commander, | think we see him in the trailer,

-but | can't talk about him. -[Taylor chuckles]

Don't disclose it.

[laughs]

And Kane as well,

because he is now off of ice and back on ice.

-Yeah. -ls that a way

of being like a just “get out die free" card?

-Yeah. -[both chuckle]

-Yes. -Yes.

Interesting way to put it, for sure.

It's not the last we'll see of lan.

He's such a good actor. He, obviously, is in another show right now,

so we had to come up with a creative way and we did.

-I'll Keep my fingers crossed for him... -Yeah.

...IN the future.

Back to Octavia.

Because she was not on this little expedition down to the planet,

which | feel like was a good choice

in the actual "let's not shoot first" category,

but that has to sort of upset her that she wasn't invited along

on this nice little journey to a planet

that's just ripe for the taking. [chuckles]

Yeah. It's like when you are not picked on your baseball team in high school

and you're the last one.

So, | think when she got out of...

She woke up and realized everybody left without her.

That really broke her heart a lot, especially because,

you know, Bellamy left and Abby confirmed that.

But | was just woken up for my blood and not for Octavia's heart.

So, that really, you know, hit her in the heartstrings for sure.

Okay, do we have any fan questions?

Actually, Eliza and | have had one for Richard planned

for about a year and a half that hasn't yet--

No. No.

-[Taylor] Yes. -That is gonna happen.

-[Taylor] We have to-- -We have to do that.

-| think-- -([Harmon] | like that one.

[Taylor] Yeah, it's happening.

-| know exactly-- -Do not say what it is.

| Know exactly what it is. | don't like it.

-[Teles] It's happening. -That's why it's gonna be awesome.

-Wait, you know what the prank is? -[Teles] Yeah. [laughs]

But he's still scared of it.

-He just doesn't know when-- -They've...

Like, it's my greatest fear.

It's like put the bomb in the trunk and show the audience

-and make them anticipate the explosion. -Yeah.

That's what we like to do.

We just don't know when.

| wanted to prank people, but | didn't wanna ruffle any feathers, but...

I'm the kinda guy who waits outside the bathroom with a mask on.

SO, I'll probably be coming for you guys in Season 7.

[all chuckle]

-[Taylor] Well, that's not weird. -Yeah.

fall laugh]

-Raises a lot of... -Shannon, you're fired.

[all chuckling]

| mean, honesily, | think

the preparation's probably the same as it always is.

You get the scripts, we talk about it in advance, "What's gonna happen?"

In Eliza's case, we had quite a few

very long conversations about what she has to do.

Less so for everybody else, but...

you know, | imagine after six seasons, there's a routine in all of your work.

-Yeah. -You know, SO...

-I've been hating myself for years. -[Taylor laughs]

-[(Bourne] What did he say? -"I've been hating myself for years."

This season, | think, what | did is, | was just like...

| will go as far as you guys push me, and you have to trust the director,

and, you know...

Know that they'll guide you and nudge you along the path and just...

do your best and rely on all your prep work

and your understanding of the character and the script

and go for it. [chuckles]

[Avgeropoulos] | don't prepare at all.

[all chuckling]

Marie is one of the most prepared people on set, by the way.

Her folder is just full of notes and scribblings and sticky things...

-Yeah. -What do you call 'em? Post-its?

-Yes, Post-its. -[chuckles]

Thanks, babe, that was sweet.

Yeah, | try to prepare, study hard, you know.

Finished high school. Yay!

-Yeah. -| did not.

[chuckles]

-[Bourne] Last week? -[Sahel] Yeah.

-Yeah. -[laughs]

It was interesting, coming in as Jordan, because he looks up to everyone so much.

So | just tried to learn as much about the show as | could.

I'd stalk them on YouTube as much as | could.

Try to learn about them as people

-and on the show-- -Waits outside of the bathroom.

It's the best time to get them, because they're relaxed, right?

-[all laugh] -They don't expect anything to happen.

Turn the lights off and there you are. Anyway...

[all laughing]

But, yeah, and then...

What was the question? Yeah.

So, how did we prepare? How did | prepare? | mean...

It's interesting for him, too, because he is trying to find his voice,

but there's the echo of the voices of what he feels he should be doing

for his team and then also for his parents.

But it was a great exploration in humanity.

And getting to experience things for the first time...

It's a real gift as an actor.

And as a person, a grown man,

| guess it's interesting to go back to those places.

Yeah, | just can't wait for you guys to see what's coming up for everyone.

-[Bourne] Shannon? -[laughs]

| mean...

| guess part of my real self and part of Jordan leaked into one,

because | really admire the actors on this show a lot.

-Um, I-- -[Taylor] We bullied you.

[laughs]

Yeah, and...

-[all laugh] -Yeah.

Yeah, so... ‘Cause | admire them so much.

And as Jordan, it's easy...

| just felt...

I'm getting flustered over here.

[chuckles]

-JR? -[laughs]

It, uh...

Like | said, it sounds like we're just saying

‘cause we're in front of everybody that it was such an amazing cast

and crew to come into, but they, they genuinely

were and are, and It's...

It can be very intimidating and | was very intimidated coming, you know...

Because | just know what it's like to be on a show for that long, and...

You get into... You just function as one. You start to be, you know...

-But... -You were seamless.

[Rothenberg] They were both amazing.

-Yeah. -It was almost like

you guys have been with us the whole time.

-| was just thinking that. -It really felt...

It really was a seamless,

-smooth transition. -Yeah.

It genuinely felt like that as well from day one.

You saw Shannon in that first episode,

and then when you get introduced to JR, you're gonna see...

Again, this season is so different,

‘cause it actually feels like a different book.

It feels like a completely different show.

And then you have these people come in that seamlessly

help build that new world.

And | can't wait for you to see more of these guys,

-‘cause they nailed it out the park. -[Taylor] Yeah.

-Yeah, they really did. -They're special.

[audience clapping]

[MC] Well, that seems like a great note to end it on.

Thank you guys so much for coming and doing this.

-[Harmon exclaiming] -[audience applauding]